There was a moving tribute celebrating the life of Sir Bruce Forsyth ahead of the announcement of the entertainment award winner, which was created in his memory.

Ant and Dec won for their show Saturday Night Takeaway, with Dec saying the pair were “very honoured”.

Saturday Night Takeaway beat All Round To Mrs Brown’s, Celebrity Juice and The Graham Norton Show to win the accolade.

“Performing with Brucie was the highlight of our career and we miss him terribly,” Dec told the audience.

Ant added that alongside filming a new series of Saturday Night Takeaway, they were also working on a tribute to Sir Bruce.

‘A lie down’

The Geordie duo accepted I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’s best challenge award – one of this year’s most hotly contested categories.

It was up against Love Island, Master Chef and the Great British Bake Off.

Speaking ahead of the show, the 2017 I’m a Celebrity winner and star of Made in Chelsea Georgia Toffolo told the BBC she felt “worried the public wouldn’t like her” the whole time she was on the show, and couldn’t believe she received such a positive response.

During their best presenter speech, Ant and Dec said this year’s awards meant more to them than ever.

“It’s been a tough year for me personally, quite an emotional night, so to kind of top it off with three awards has been… can I have a lie down now?” Ant said.

Focus on plastics

The impact award, which celebrates the most successful series on television, went to Sir David Attenborough and the team behind Blue Planet II.

The BBC One series, which received more than 14 million viewers for its first episode, has created conversations about changing government environmental policy and use of plastics.

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Media captionSir David is delighted that countries are changing policies because of Blue Planet II

Sir David thanked his team for their commitment to producing the show, adding: “All we were trying to do is raise an issue that is of great importance to this country and worldwide.

“This is what we are doing to our planet and if our television programme helps stir the consciences of people round the world then all of us will be very pleased.”

ITV’s Broadchurch took home the award for best crime drama – Jodie Whittaker, who plays a grieving mother on the show, accepted the award.

“We would like to dedicate this award to the victims of sexual assault and the people who support them,” she said to large cheers from the crowd.

Speaking backstage about becoming the first female Doctor, Whittaker also said she wanted more opportunities for women in acting roles, saying that all men and women in the industry wanted equal pay for both sexes.